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Bodies and Structures 2.0: Deep-Mapping Modern East Asian History

Concluding remark

In colonial Taiwan, it was uncommon for Japanese female migrants to have full-time jobs, but the majority came to Taiwan as dependent family members. In contrast, it was no unusual for Yaeyama femal youths to immigrate to Taiwan in search of jobs. 



It should be noted that Yamane Kiyoko was not representative of all female Yaeyama migrants. The majority of Yaeyama migrants without educational and professional backgrounds accepted the reality of their situations and continued to work as domestics, regardless of their personal feelings. Having been attracted by the "civilized life of Taipei", Yamane was determined to make career and did her best in the colonial city. 

Nevertheless, imperial careering of Yaeyama immigrants was undeniably gendered at that time.  To compare with the trajectory of Ishigaki Shincho, Yamane's professional options were limited, and her colonial space was inclined to the domestic space. Yaeyama sent a large number of both female and male immigrants to Taiwan, but women and men made the different imperial space. 

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